Champions League Matchday 4

CSKA had another bad result, going down 3-0 in Monaco, buried in the first half. Dortmund is qualified in Group F. Leicester City and FC Porto lead Group G. Sevilla overtakes Juventus in Group H. Yesterday Rostov in Group D lost, the best hope being to qualify for Europa League.

Group E

Monaco 3 CSKA Moskva 0

Germain 13

Falcao 29, 41

Tottenham Hotspur 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1

                                    Kampl 65

Monaco 4 2 2 0 7 3 8

B. Leverkusen 4 1 3 0 4 3 6

Tottenham 4 1 1 2 2 3 4

CSKA Moskva 4 0 2 2 3 7 2

Group F

Dortmund 1 Sporting CP 0

Ramos 12

Legia 3  Real Madrid 3

Odjidja 40  Bale 1  Benzema 35  Kovacic 85

Radovic 58

Moulin 83

Dortmund 4 3 1 0 11 3 10

Real Madrid 4 2 2 0 12 7 8

Sporting CP 4 1 0 3 4 5 3

Legia 4 0 1 3 4 16 1

Group G

FC Porto 1 Club Brugge 0

Abdré Silva 37

Kobenhavn 0 Leicester City 0

Leicester City 4 3 1 0 5 0 10

FC Porto 4 2 1 1 4 3 7

Kobenhavn 4 1 2 1 5 2 5

Club Brugge 4 0 0 4 1 10 0

Group H

Juventus 1 Lyon 1

Higuain 13 (pen.) Tolisso 85

Sevilla 4 Dinamo Zagreb 0

Vietto 31, Escudero 66, N´Zonzi 80, Ben Yedder 87

Sevilla 4 3 1 0 6 0 10

Juventus 4 2 2 0 6 1 8

Lyon 4 1 1 2 4 3 4

D. Zagreb 4 0 0 4 0 12 0

Played yesterday

In Group A, Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are qualified. Ludogorets and Basel fight for a place in the Europa League. Group B is tight, with three teams in the running but nobody ruled out. In Group C, nothing is decided also. Finally, in Group D,  Atlético and Bayern classify.

Group A

Ludogorets 2 Arsenal 3

Johnathan Cafú 12  Xhaka 20, Giroud 42, Özil 88

Keserü 15

Basel 1 PSG 2

Zuffi 76   Matuidi 43, Meunier 90

Arsenal 4 3 1 0 12 3 10

PSG 4 3 1 0 9 3 10

Ludogorets 4 0 1 2 2 10 1

Basel 4 0 1 2 1 6 1

Group B

Besiktas 1 Napoli 1

Quaresma 79 (pen.)  Hamsik 82

Benfica 1 D. Kyiv 0

Salvio 45+2 (pen.)

Napoli 4 2 1 1 9 7 7

Benfica 4 2 1 1 6 5 7

Besiktas 4 1 3 0 6 5 6

D. Kyiv 4 0 1 3 2 6 1

Group C

Manchester City 3 Barcelona 1

Gündogan 39, 74   Messi 21

De Bruyne 51

Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 Celtic 1

Stindl 32                                  Dembélé 76 (pen.)

Barcelona 4 3 0 1 14 4 9

Manchester City 4 2 1 1 10 8 7

B. Moenchengladbach 4 1 1 2 4 7 4

Celtic 4 0 2 2 4 13 2

Group D

Atlético 2 Rostov 1

Griezmann 28    Azmoun 30

90+3

PSV 1 Bayern 2

Arias 14   Lewandowski 34 (pen.), 74

Atlético 4 4 0 0 5 1 12

Bayern 4 3 0 1 11 3 9

PSV 4 0 1 3 4 9 1

Rostov 4 0 1 3 3 10 1

Matchday 3

Group A

PSG 3 Basel 0

Di Maria 40, Lucas 62, Cavani 90 + 3 (pen.)

Arsenal 6 Ludogorets 0

Alexis Sánchez 13,

Walcott 42

Oxlade-Chamberlain 47

Özil 56, 83, 87

Group B

D. Kyiv 0 Benfica 2

                 Salvio 9 (pen.) Cervi 55

Napoli 2 Besiktas 3

Mertens 30   Adriano 12, Aboubakar 38, 86

Gabbiadini 69 (pen.)

Group C

Barcelona 4 Manchester City 0

Messi 17, 61, 69

Neymar 89

Celtic 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach 2

                             Stindl 57, Hahn 77

Group D

Rostov 0 Atlético 1

                Carrasco 62

Bayern 4 PSV 1

Müller 13                 Narsingh 41

Kimmich 21, Lewandowski 59, Robben 84

Group E

CSKA Moskva 1 Monaco 1

L. Traoré 34   Bernardo Silva 87

Bayer Leverkusen 0  Tottenham 0

Group F

Sporting CP 1 Dortmund 2

Bruno César 67  Aubameyang 9, Weigl 43

Real Madrid 5  Legia 1

Bale 16              Radovic (penalty) 22

Jodlowiec (o.g.) 20

Asensio 37

Lucas Vázquez 68

Morata 84

Group G

Leicester City 1  Kobenhavn 0

Mahrez 40

Club Brugge 1 FC Porto 2

Vossen 12       Layún 68, André Silva 90 + 3 (pen.)

Group H

D. Zagreb 0 Seville 1

                     Nasri 37

Lyon 0 Juventus 1

            Cuadrado 76

Matchday 2

Group A

Ludogorets 1 Paris Saint-Germain 3

Natanael 16   Matuidi 41, Cavani 56, 60

Arsenal 2 Basel 0

Walcott 7, 26

PSG 2 1 1 0 4 2 4

Arsenal 2 1 1 0 3 1 4

Ludogorets 2 0 1 1 2 4 1

Basel 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

Group B

Besiktas 1  Dinamo Kyiv 1

Quaresma 29  Tsygankov 65

Napoli 4 Benfica 2

Hamsik 20      Gonçalo Guedes 70, Salvio 86

Mertens 51, 58

Milik 54 (pen)

Napoli 2 2 0 0 6 3 6

Besiktas 2 0 2 0 2 2 2

D. Kyiv 2 0 1 1 2 3 1

Benfica 2 0 1 1 3 5 1

Group C

Borussia Moenchengladbach 1  Barcelona 2

Hazard 34            Arda Turan 65, Piqué 74

Celtic 3 Manchester City 3

Dembélé 3, 47  Fernandinho 12, Sterling 28, Nolito 55

Sterling 20 (o.g.)

Barcelona 2 2 0 0 9 1 6

Manchester City 2 1 1 0 7 3 4

Celtic 2 0 1 1 3 10 1

B. Moenchengladbach 2 0 0 2 1 6 0

Group D

Atlético 1 Bayern München 0

Carrasco 35

Rostov 2 PSV 2

Poloz 8, 37   Pröpper 14, L. De Jong 45 + 1

Atlético 2 2 0 0 2 0 6

Bayern 2 1 0 1 5 1 3

PSV 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

Rostov 2 0 1 1 2 7 1

Matchday 2

Group E

Monaco 1 Leverkusen 1

Glik 90+4 Hernández 74

CSKA Moskva 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1

                             Son 71

Group F

Dortmund 2 Real Madrid 2

Aubameyang 43 Cristiano Ronaldo 17   Varane 68

Schürrle 87

Sporting CP 2 Legia Warsaw 0

Ruiz 28

Dost 37

Group G

Kobenhavn 4 Club Brugge 0

Denswil 53 og

Delaney 64, Santander 69, M. Jorgensen 90+2

Leicester City 1 FC Porto 0

Slimani 25

Group H

Sevilla 1 Lyon 0

Ben Yedder 53

D. Zagreb 0 Juventus 4

                     Pjanic 24, Higuaín 31, Dybala 57, Dani Alves 85

Matchday 1 results

Group A

PSG 1 Arsenal 1

Cavani 1 Alexis Sánchez 78

Basel 1 Ludogorets 1

Steffen 1 Jonathan Cafú 45

Group B

D. Kyiv 1 Napoli 2

Garmash 26   Milik 36, 45+2

Benfica 1 Besiktas 1

Cervi 12   Talisca 90+3

Group C

Barcelona 7 Celtic 0

Messi 3, 27, 60

Neymar 50

Iniesta 59

Suárez 75,88

Manchester City 4 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0

Aguero 3 Kelechi

Group D

PSV 0 Atlético 1

Saúl Ñíguez 43

Bayern München 5 Rostov 0

Lewandowski 28 (pen.)

Kimmich 53,60

Müller 45+2

Bernat 90

Group E

Bayer Leverkusen 2 CSKA Moskva 2

Mehmedi 9            Dzagoev 36, Eremenko 38

Hakan Çalhanoglu 15

Tottenham 1 Monaco 2

Alderweireld 45   Bernard Silva 15, Lemar 31

Group F

Real Madrid 2 Sporting CP 1

Ronaldo 89         Bruno César 48

Morata 90+4

Legia 0   Dortmund 6

               Götze 7, Papastathopoulos 15, Bartra 17, R. Guerreiro 51, Castro 76

               Aubameyang 87

Group G

Club Brugge 0 Leicester City 3

                          Albrighton 5, Mahrez 29, 61 (pen.)

FC Porto 1   Kobenhavn 1

Otávio 13      Cornelius 52

Group H

Lyon 3 Dinamo Zagreb 0

Tolisso 13, Ferri 49, Cornet 57

Juventus 0 Sevilla 0

Champions League 2016-2017

The Groups, the schedules, the results and the scorers from the beginning to the end of the season.

The Groups

Group A Arsenal FC (England)   FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland)   Paris Saint-Germain (France)   PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria)

Group B Besiktas JK (Turkey)   FC Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)   SL Benfica (Portugal)   SSC Napoli (Italy)

Group C Celtic FC (Scotland)   FC Barcelona (Spain)   Manchester City FC (England)   VfLBorussia Moenchengladbach (Germany)

Group D Club Atlético de Madrid (Spain)   FC Bayern München (Germany)   FC Rostov (Russia)   PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Group E AS Monaco FC (France)   Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany)   PFC CSKA Moskva (Russia)   Tottenham Hotspur FC (England)

Group F Borussia Dortmund (Germany)   Legia Warszawa (Poland)   Real Madrid CF (Spain)   Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal)

Group G Club Brugge KV (Belgium)   FC Kobenhavn (Denmark)   FC Porto (Portugal)   Leicester City FC (England)

Group H GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)   Juventus (Italy)   Olympique Lyonnais (France) Sevilla FC (Spain)

Total: 32 clubs

4 clubs competing: England, Germany, Spain

3 clubs: France, Portugal

2 clubs: Italy, Russia

1 club: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

The schedule

Group Phase

Matchday 1 September 13/14 Finished

Matchday 2 September 27/28

Matchday 3 October 18/19

Matchday 4 November 1/2

Matchday 5 November 22/23

Matchday 6 December 6/7

Round of 16

First Legs February 14/15  21/22

Second Legs March 7/8  14/15

Quarter-finals

First Legs April 11/12

Second Legs 18/19

Semi-Finals

First Legs May 2/3

Second Legs May 9/10

Final June 3

The venue for this year's final is Cardiff, Wales, UK - at Cardiff's National Stadium

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

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Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey specialized in long distance running as a teenager and in 1974, at 16 years of age, achieved a time of 13.30.01 in the five thousand meters and a year later, a time of 28.00.21 in the ten thousand meters in regional competitions, however he chose not to enter competitive sport and preferred to play football (Soccer), handball, tennis, judo, Krav Maga, table tennis and badminton in his free time. Today at 58 years of age, he continues to play the same sports as a participant and maintains an active interest in all modalities as a spectator and commentator, beginning and ending each day with a routine of TaiJi.